Stawell Amateur Athletics Club runner and triathlete Gary Howden stormed home to score a clear win in last Saturdays 5km Dooen Engineering Handicap, held in the Iron Bark forest north of Stawell. Mild temperatures and mainly overcast skies provided ideal running conditions for the 29 senior runners who lined up for the second race of […]
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Having already cemented the Keith Haymes Senior Aggregate with a third placing last week, Nathaniel Warren topped off a very successful season by taking out the final race of the year, the Lois Trimble handicap. Held over Stawell’s Big Hill, the 20 senior runners tackled the testing 5km course in very warm conditions. By the
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On the come back trail after a forced break earlier this year, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Sharon Howden took the field by surprise when she easily won the Oscar Furniture 8km handicap last Saturday. Running from a mid field handicap, Howden set a solid pace from the start, and had rounded up the front
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Notching up his second win for the year, in form runner Paul Atherton took the warm conditions in his stride last Saturday in taking out the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s Garry Rice Handicap. Run over a 5000 metre course at Dadswells Bridge, Atherton beat home a field of 17 senior runners in a time of
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Horsham based Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Gary Howden stormed home over the closing stages of last Saturday’s 6.5km David O Jones Mitre 10 handicap, securing his first win with the club for several seasons. Chasing second placed runner Nathaniel Warren for most of the race, Howden’s liking for tough conditions was evident as he
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Phil Burns was pressed hard over the final 300m of the Tyler’s Hardware handicap last Saturday, but held on to win from a fast finishing Susie Ellis. A strong field of 22 senior runners tackled the 8000m course set along the banks of Horsham’s Wimmera River. Running in his first
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After consistent performances all season, Murtoa teenager Ilana Jorgensen finally broke through for her first win when she took out the Stawell Curtain Centre sealed handicap last Saturday. Nineteen senior runners set off over the hilly 10 kilometre course, with Jorgensen being challenged most of the way by Ivan McDonald. It was not until a
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Barney’s Stragglers did anything but straggle in the final leg of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s annual Meumann Relays, coming from behind to clinch an exciting last minute victory. Held last Saturday, six relay teams of five members each competed over nine laps of the hilly 1900m course. Led by Col Barnett, Barney’s Stragglers team
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Making up for his poor season last year, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner John Collins produced another strong performance last Saturday to score his second win for the season, taking out the 11 kilometer Trooper’s Camp Handicap. Set over a hilly circular course from Troopers Camp in the Grampians, Collins pushed hard all the way,
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After some good performances earlier in the year, Paul Atherton finally broke through for his first win of the season, taking out the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s Barham Insurance Handicap last Saturday. Running off a tight mark, Atherton overtook more than half of the 18 strong field on his way to victory, recording a good
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